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Presidential Retribution (Executive Watch)

The Secret Service Falsified an ‘Emergency’ to Track Comey’s Phone Over an Instagram Post, Even After Being Warned It Was Illegal
Former FBI Director James Comey is fighting to get his indictment over a since-deleted Instagram post—seashells arranged to read “86 47”—thrown out as…
 • Executive Watch
Department of Energy Admits it Canceled Grants for Blue States Just Because They Didn’t Vote for Trump
Last October the Trump administration canceled almost $8 billion in grants for clean energy projects, ostensibly to reduce federal spending and waste.
 • Executive Watch
A Judge Shut Down the DOJ’s Attempt to Subpoena New York Times Reporters for Covering His Qatari Jet’s Security Flaws
Donald Trump flew in his shiny “new” Qatari jet to the recent NATO summit in Ankara, but left Turkey aboard the older Air Force One, switching back to…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Threatens to Sue ABC News for Reporting Honestly on His Reflecting Pool Fiasco
Fresh off blaming vandals for the algae and peeling paint plaguing his Reflecting Pool renovation, Donald Trump turned his fire on the press for…
 • Executive Watch
Trump DOJ Targets California’s Anti-Trump Governor and a Prospective Democratic Presidential Candidate, Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom has accused Donald Trump of adding him and his wife to the presidential “hit list” of political enemies, and reporting confirms Newsom’s…
 • Executive Watch
Kash Patel’s Hunt for a ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Against Trump Wrecked Careers and Turned Judges Against the Justice Department
FBI Director Kash Patel’s obsession with uncovering a “deep state” plot against Donald Trump has, over the past year, hardened into a defining feature…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Hands the Keys to National Intelligence to a Real Estate Loyalist With Zero Qualifications Except Digging Up Dirt on His Enemies
Donald Trump wasted no time finding a replacement to the director of national intelligence after Tulsi Gabbard resigned.
 • Executive Watch
Trump’s DOJ Opens Retaliatory Criminal Investigation Against E. Jean Carroll, Whose Civil Suits Won $88 Million in Damages Against Him
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into E.
 • Executive Watch
DHS Issues a Nationwide Alert Against a Comedian for Making a Parody ICE Snitch Site
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a “Be on the Lookout” (BOLO) alert—normally reserved for major suspects and threats—to law enforcement…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Yet Again Pushes FCC to Ignore the First Amendment and Punish ABC for Not Firing Jimmy Kimmel
Donald Trump already tried to fire Jimmy Kimmel once for making fun of him.
 • Executive Watch
Trump's New DOJ Lackeys' Bogus Indictment of James Comey Violates the First Amendment to Advance His Retribution Agenda
Donald Trump has had to burn through a lot of Justice Department officials because they wouldn’t set their reputations on fire to pursue a petty revenge…
 • Executive Watch
The DOJ Targets SPLC for Infiltrating White Nationalists and Helping FBI Do Its Job
A hallmark of the Trump administration is its tolerance of overt racists, so it seems fitting that they would now be prosecuting the Southern Poverty…
 • Executive Watch
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